Weeks after the last member of the Bo tribe died on the Andaman Islands, an Indian court has moved to protect the neighbouring Jarawa tribe by suspending the operation of a controversial tourist resort. India’s Supreme Court ordered on Monday that the company, Barefoot India, must close its resort near the Jarawa’s reserve, pending further deliberation by the […]
“Avatar is real,” say tribal people
Following the film Avatar’s win at the Golden Globes, tribal people have claimed that the film tells the real story of their lives today. A Penan man from Sarawak, in the Malaysian part of Borneo, told Survival, “The Penan people cannot live without the rainforest. The forest looks after us, and we look […]
Oppression on Mobile, Email goes Unnoticed
For long mankind has known oppressions of various kinds. In the long list two more variety has been added in recent times. One is the oppression on your mobile phone and second on your internet mail box. Both of them have added a new dimension to word oppression but essentially in the tone tenure and […]
Kashmir Assembly- Snatching of mike from Speaker’s table by Mehbooba widely condemned
Srinagar, July 27 (Vijay Kumar) -– In spite of snatching of Jammu & Kashmir assembly Speaker’s Mike by PDP leader, Mehbooba Mufti, the obituary reference moved in the House in honour of six former MLAs and Members of Constituent Assembly was passed and rich tributes were paid to them. The unprecedented kind of […]
Upsurge in Militant Presence in Kyrgyzstan
Porous border makes country’s south vulnerable to incursions, experts say. By Ainagul Abdrakhmanova in Bishkek and Abdraim Ysmanov in Jalalabad (RCA No. 582, 03-Jul-09) Kyrgyzstan’s porous southern border, compounded by the inability of its under-funded security forces to patrol it adequately, is helping make the country a destination for Islamic militants who are believed to […]
S.C. Supreme Court hears stimulus funding dispute
The South Carolina Supreme Court today waded into the debate over who has the authority to request over $700 million in disputed federal stimulus funding and who will determine —if the money is requested, — how it will ultimately be spent. Gov. Mark Sanford refused to request the funding, which is intended to pay for […]
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